Street-sign.



J. N. EARLY.

STREET SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17. 1914.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

2 SHEETS$HEETI ATTORNEYS .l. N. EARLY.

STREET SIGN.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 1914.

1 1 1 Patented Oct 19, was.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

ATTORNEYS zrosnrri 1v. EARLY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

STREET-SIGN.

Application filed June 1'7, 1914.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JosEPH N. EARLY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, Riverdale, borough of the Bronx, inthe county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Street-Sign, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention has special reference to iniprovements in signs and moreparticularly to street signs carried by posts or the like.

The essential object of the invention is comprehended by the provisionof an improved street sign and more particularly attaching and adjustingmeans for a sign or signs whereby the latter may be securely andaccurately adjusted to extend in the same direction as the street orstreets which they are intended to designate or to be so accuratelyadjusted as to harmonize with the direction of the street, avenue orplace to correctly indicate to an observer the course and location ofsuch'street, avenue or place.

The inventionfurther' comprehends the provision of an improved signdevice including a novel sign and adjusting means articularly adaptableto a post and whic is clamped to the latter in a novel way wherebymovement of the sign or signs after once being adjusted, as well asdisplacement of the sign plates constituting a portion thereof, isobviated.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention resides in thepeculiar combination and arrangement of parts to be 'here-' inafter morefully described, illustrated and claimed, it being also an object toprovide a devicewhich is simple in construction, durable and effluent.

Reference is to be had to the accompany-. ing drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a street sign carrying two crossed signs in harmonywith the angle of intersection of a street and an avenue, a portion ofthe post supporting the same being shown; Fig. 2 is an enlarged verticalsectional view partly in section of the upper end of a post and signcarrying parts supported thereon, the sign plate being omitted from thelower frame; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on theline 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented one. 19, 1915. Serial No. 845,605.

sectional view taken on the line 44. of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview similar to F1g. 1 but showing a single sign instead of crossedsigns; Fig. 6 is an inside elevation of one of the sections or frames ofa sign; F 1g. 7 1s a plan view. thereof engaged with the reduced portionor attaching standard of the post, the latter being shown in section;Fig. 8 is a face view of one of the frames; Fig. 9 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 99 of Fig. 6; Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on theline 1010 of Fig. 6; Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken on the line 11-11of Fig. 6; and Fig. 12 is a sectional vlew taken on the line 12-12 ofFig. 6.

As illustrated in the drawings, the improved sign is adapted to besupported upon a post 13 preferably of hollow metal, to which thereduced portion of attaching standard 14 of the sign is secured. .F orthis purpose the attaching standard, which is preferably cast solid, hasorlis formed with an enlarged socket 15 at its lower end and this socketis cut away on one side as shown at 16 so that the remaining side 17extends over slightly more than 180. Since the cut-away portion extendsmore than half the distance of the inside depth of the socket, thelatter may be readily applied to the upper end of the post to receivethe post and. be held against displacement until the application of aremovable side portion or clamping jaw 18 which fits into the cut-awayspace in opposition to the side 17 forming the other clamping jaw. Thejaw 18 extends over less than 180 and cooperates with the jaw 17 so thatit may form a circle of smaller diameter than the normal interiordiameter of the socket proper. The jaws are provided with co-actingapertured ears 19 through which clamping members or bolts 20 are passedto draw the jaws in contact with the exterior face of the post andsecurely fasten the standard thereto.

The standard is provided with an enlarged head 21 providing a bottomshoulder 22 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained, and as shown inthe drawings the "design of this head may be changed to agree with thestyles of post or the desires of the buyer. The standard is furtherprovided at spaced points vertically of its height with longitudinalcorrugations 23 extending around the standard and providing extensionsand intermediate depressions which are preferably convexly and concavelyarcuate, as is more clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Thesecorrugations are formed within the area of the surrounding face, of thestandard so as to provide, if desired, 5 shoulder portions 24 at theends of the corrugations and said corrugated portions are preferablylocated near the upper and lower ends of the standard adjacent to theshoulder produced bythe enlargement 21 and the supporting part orshoulder produced by the socket 15, and also centrally of the height ofthe standard, as is more clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Thisarrangement is more particularly adapted for use in connection with acriss-cross fourway sign post, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings,wherein two signs placed one above the other and carried by the standardare held in crossed relation to harmonize or extend. As the number ofcorrugations is always more than four, the angular distance between theconsecutive corrugations is always less than 90, consequently the largerthe diameter of the standard and the smaller the corrugations, the lessthe angular distance between the same.

The signs each comprise a pair of frames which are of rectangularcontour and which are made up of malleable iron or other spring metalormaterial capable of withstanding considerable strain and returning toits normal position when bent or strained as the case may be. Theseframes are curved throughout their longitudinal extent, the top andbottom portions 26 thereof bulging outward at the center and curvinginward at their. ends, while the end portions 27 of the frames arebulged outwardly at the center, as shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings, fora purpose to be hereinafter 'more particularly specified. The top andbottom portions as well as the ends are preferablyv shaped in the formof moldings on their exterior faces, as shown at 28, and intermediatethe lengths of said top and bottom portions the frames are thickened toprevent material flexing at these points, and provided with inwardextensions 29 producing" interior rabbets or shoulders 30, while saidextensions are also formed with a plurality of corrugations 31 providingextensions and intermediate depressions extending transversely of saidtop and bottom portions and located on an arc concentric to the centerof the standard and conforming to the contour of the corrugations of thestandard to co-act and fit'to the extensions and depressions thereof, asis more clearlyshown in Fig. 7 of'the drawings At either side of thecorrugations the top and bottom portions are provided with apertures 32while the exterior faces of the sides are provided with square recesses33 and the ends of each 65 frame are provided with inward extensionsextend in the direction in which the streets 34 extending partly intothe sides to provide end rabbets or shoulders which together with therabbets produced by the extensions of the top and bottom portions serveto receive and'retain sign plates 35 against displacement vertically andlongitudinally.

The ends of the frames are provided with apertured ears 36 and theseends are normally bent so that when two of the frames are broughttogether against the attaching standard with the corrugated facesco-engaged and with the sign plates in position, the top and bottomportions of said ends will contact and by passing bolts 37 through theapertured ears 36 and clamping the frames together to tightly hold thesign plates and the frames in position and prevent the ends fromseparating at the corners as would occur if these end portions were madestraight or bowed inwardly instead of outwardly. Clamping bolts 38 arealso engaged through the apertures 32 accommodated in the recesses 33 attheir ends and in this manner the co-engaging corrugated faces will bepositively interlocked by reason of the frames being drawn into tightengagement with. the corrugated portions of the attaching standard sothat when a sign is set at any particular adjustment on v the standardit will be retained against movement.

As shown in Fig. 1, two signs are provided which cross each other andare disposed one above the other as shown in Fig. 2, the corrugations ofthe lower frames engaging the lower corrugations of the attachingstandard and the lower part of the intermediate corrugations, whiletheupper frames engage the upper part of the inter mediate corrugations andthe upper corrugations, the corrugations being made of suflicient lengthor height to accommodate the corrugated portions of the frames even inview of slight variations in the widths of the corrugated portions andframes. In Fig. 5 a single Sign 39 is shown the frame 40 of whichoccupies the full height of the attaching standard and is similarlysecured thereto except that the ends of. the frames are provided eachwith a pair of apertured ears 41 through which clamping bolts 42 areengaged, but otherwise the structure is the same.

By the construction described an adjustment in the angular positions ofthe signs relative to the post and attaching standard thereof ispermitted. By varying the diameter of the attaching standard and thenumber of corrugations on the lateral surface thereof, the angulardistance between the corrugations is varied and, therefore, a betteradjustment of the sign or signs on the standard is obtained. It is alsoto be understood that the structure while specifically described inconnection is adapted for general signs or other signs and crossingsigns may be employed where two or more streets intersect or where it isdesirable to dispose a plurality of signs at varying angles relative toeach other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A street sign, comprising a standardhaving shoulders near its ends and longitudinally extending corrugationsand intermediate depressions at spaced points around its circumference,spring metal frames having top and bot-tom extensions cooperating withsaid corrugations and depressions to dispose the frames at differentangular adjustments relative to the standard, sign plates held in theframes, and clamping means engaged through the frames near their endsand central portions to clamp the same together and secure opposedbinding contact of the frames with the standard.

2. The combination with a post and a standard carried thereby, saidstandard being of reduced diameter relative to the post and havingsurrounding convex corrugations at spaced points vertically of itsheight; of signs adjustably carried by said standard,

with a street sign, application for road that any number of said signseach comprising a pair of frames bulged outward at the centers of theirtop and bottom portions and tending to bulge outward at their ends,extensions upon the inner faces of the frames providing rabbets, signplates seated in said rabbets, said frames having their top and bottomextensions provided with corrugations on curved lines conforming to thecurvature of the standard, clamping means connecting the frames ateither side of the standard, and clamping means connecting the frames attheir ends and cooperating with said first named connecting means todraw the frames together and in binding contact with the standard, therelease of said clamping means permitting independent angular adjustmentof the signs relative to each other and the standard.

3. A street sign comprising a post having an upper end portion ofreduced diameter with shoulders at the upper and lower ends thereof,said upper portion having a series of surrounding corrugations andintermediate depressions at spaced points vertically thereof adjacent tosaid shoulders, spring metal frames of bowed formation having sign seatsat the inner sides thereof and horizontally disposed inwardly projectingnotched portions cooperating with the depressions aforesaid and means toclamp the frames on opposite sides of. the post in opposed relation andin contact at the ends of the frames, said means holding saidprojections in engagement with the depressions,

whereby turning of the frames and plates on the post is normallyprevented, said means being adapted to be operated to permit adjustmentof the plates on the post.

4. A street sign comprising a sign bearing part having spaced series ofvertically alined circumferential convexed corrugations and means toclamp said frames together to secure the same against movement on theattaching part said clamping means being adapted to be loosened topermit angular adjustment of said frames.

5. In a street sign, the combination with a post and a sign bearingstandard; of a sign adjustably carried by the standard, a socket at thelower end of the standard to receive the upper end of the post andforming a shoulder to support the sign, said socket having a cutawayportion, a jaw fitted in said cutaway portion and means connecting thejaw and socket to clamp the jaw against the post to rigidly secure theattaching standard thereto.

6. A street sign or the like, comprising a tubular post and a cast metalsign attaching standard of reduced diameter relative thereto, saidstandard having an enlarged socket formed at its lower end to fit overthe upper end of the post, said socket having a cutaway portion, a jawto fit said cutaway portion, both said jaw and said socket havingapertured projections, fastening means connecting the jaw and socketthrough the medium of said projections to clamp the jaw and socketmember against the post to rigidly secure the standard thereto and asign adjustable on the standard, said standard being adapted foradjustment with respect to the post.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification in thepresence of two subscribing witness.

JOSEPH N. EARLY.

